Egg-beater



(No Model.) v n K. A. LIVINGOOD.

EGG BEATER.

No. 282,738. Patented Aug. 7, 1883.

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UNITED STATES PATENT KATHERINE h. LIVINGOOD, or WOMELSDORF,PENNSYLVANIA.

EGG-BEATER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 282,738, dated August7, 1883.

Application filed June 5, 1883. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, KATHERINE A. LIVIN- GOOD, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing in the borough of Womelsdorf, in the county of Berksand State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Implement forBeating Eggs for Culinary Purposes; and I do hereby declare thefollowing to be a sufficiently full, clear, and exact descriptionthereof to enable others skilled in the art to make and use the saidinvention.

This invention has for its object the quick beating of eggs with smalllabor and the avoidance of splashing during the operation, and at thesame time to use an apparatus easily cleaned in all its parts, and ofsuch simple construction as to be easily understood by persons ofordinary intelligence.

To effect these results the nature of this invention may be brieflystated to consist of a reel of wire arranged to rotate in a cylindricvessel having ahemispherical bottom in close proximity to the reel, anda crank-handle ex tending through the side of the vessel by which thereel is rotated, the construction of the reel and its shaft, and thebearings or supports *thereof, being such as to permit of the reel beingwithdrawn and replaced with facility. A lid is fitted to the top of thevessel so as to prevent splashing.

I will now proceed to particularly describe the mode of making and usingthe said invention, referring in so doing to the drawings annexed andthe letters of reference marked.

thereon.

Figure 1 shows a plan of the implement with the cover removed; Fig. 2, avertical section;

' Fig. 3, the reel, and Fig. 4 the crank as detached.

The same letters of reference apply tothe same, parts in the severalfigures.

A represents a cylindric vessel having a hemispherical bottom, B, andprovided with a removable lid, 0, and also a handle, D.

E represents a spherical reel made of wires, 5

F is a hub of the reel E, having a circular hole, G, in it,which fitsover a pin or pivot, H, fastened to the inside of the vessel, so as tocoincide with the greater diameter of the hemispherical bottom B.

J is another hub of the reel E, having a tube or sleeve, K, of such formas to fit over the axle L of the crank M, and to be turned thereby.

N is a bearing fastened in the same plane in the vessel A as the pivotH, but diametrically opposite, and holds the endof the tube K.

An opening, 0, is made in the side of the vessel A, so as to permit thecrank-axle L to be introduced.

The axle L is made flat in one portion, as is also the tube or sleeve K,so as to cause the reel to turn with the crank M.

To use the apparatus the eggs are broken and placed in the vessel A andthe cover or lid 0 placed on it and the crank M rapidly turned, and theeggs are quickly whipped to the desired consistence and then removed.

To cleanse the apparatus the crank M and shaft or axle L are withdrawnfrom the tube K in the reel E, whenthe reel will drop out as soon as thevessel A is inverted, and all parts are thus easily cleansed.

Having described my invention and the mode of using the same,what Iclaim is The combination of the vessel A and reelE with the removablecrank M, bearing N, and pivot H all constructed and arrangedsubstantially as set forth.

KATHERINE A. LIVINGOOD.

Witnesses:

WM. H. LIVINGOOD, H. A. ZIEBER, GEORGE J. Gnoss, Jr.

